Description
Nagios XI versions prior to 2012R1.6 contain a shell command injection vulnerability in the Auto-Discovery tool. User-controlled input is passed to a shell without adequate sanitation or argument quoting, allowing an authenticated user with access to discovery functionality to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the application service.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Release Notes release-notes
patch
https://www.nagios.com/changelog/nagios-xi/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nagios-xi-auto-discovery-shell-command-injection
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0144
EPSS Percentile
80.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (2)
nagios/nagios_xi
2012 r1.0 (6 CPE variants)
nagios/nagios_xi
< 2012
Published
Oct 30, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026